Biocod Biotecnologia

biocod is a private brazilian company specialized in the development of molecular tools for the human genetics segment – mainly paternity tests. the company provides services on genetic identification, cytogenetic and molecular diagnostics. founded in 2000, was created it has been funded by four biologists with a large experience in molecular biology. headquartered in belo horizonte (brazil) – the biggest biotech cluster of latin america – the company concluded a spin-off process in 2005, creating a new company – linhagen - focused in animal genetics. today, biocod is focused only in human genetics. the country (brazil) has one of the biggest markets for paternity tests including thousands of backlogged cases. in this favorable context, genetic labs, hospitals and research institutions are developing genetic tests. governmental institutions are offering grants to be used in the development of these genetic tests. biocod is one of the three majors private labs in services related with t